at least 36 games will be in HD......................................Steelers play tomorrow nightGod only knows what is about to happen here......................................Great idea Steve from Denver brought up.Who is the biggest douche is hockey past or present.We are going to compile a big list.A front runner will be Pat Verbeek.Mainly for taking this picture:What an asshole.You can find that shirt in the "poor as balls" section of Gabes................................Winter in SunGame #77March 27, 2007 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT. LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME, MY BABY. PENS WIN.

Kind of fitting that we clinch our first playoff berth since 2001 with a come-from-behind win over the Washington Capitals.

Solid uniforms.The color scheme is returning for 07-08.If you don't think the Washington team's color scheme should be the America's red-white-and-blue, you're a mess.

We are told at the top of the broadcast that a Pens win puts them in the playoffs.No crazy tiebreakers and crap.Win and in.

About 5 minutes in, Semin explodes all over MAF's face.Ovechkin sets him up with a pretty pass in front, and Semin takes his time before burying it past Fleury.1-0.

Five minutes after that, Boy Gordon from Culture Club scores on a trash rebound goal to make it 2-0 Caps.

The Pens don't know what's going on and call timeout.While everyone including Olaf Kolzig was watching them and waiting for them to fight, Therrien calls the Whitney Play (TM). Malone sets it up.4-2.

Besides Caps' owner Ted Leonsis posing for pictures with fans, the rest of the second period was mud.

Picture: Morgan Rodgers poses with Cap owner Ted Leonsis during the second period.4 seconds after this picture was taken, Morgan was covered in whale feces.

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The third period was a joke.

It felt like the third period of the Coyotes game.Okay, no one get injured. Please.No such luck.Gary Roberts hurt his leg.Don't worry -- he will heal himself.Steigerwald and Errey are just jobbing around, having a good time.

And in case yinz missed it in my post a few days ago in the comments section that was vaporized to Saturn's moons, I was on the board at penguins.com and they were talking about buying the new sweaters. Someone on there pointed out that giant eagle is offering double fuel perk points for giftcards, and they have a NHL Shop one. So if you plan on buying any shwag, u should do what I say. Or I'll blow the dark side of the moon up.

I was at this game.....Wearing my 1991 Stanley Cup t-shirt, which, as you could imagine is growing threadbare.

As I got increasingly more drunk, which corresponded with the Pens comeback win, an older gentleman (probably 60-65 years old, maybe CapsNut) told me to talk to him when the Penguins won a Cup "this century".

My instant response, "Tell me when you win one, PERIOD."

Obviously he had no response, so I laughed in his face. There were a bunch of kids around so I wasn't going to break it down for unruly language.

But then I may or may not have told the old man to go die in his sleep.

PS Brooks Orpik checked Brashear so bad; Brashear = stunned. Most don't have the balls to even look at Big Brash (for good reason) but Orps leveled him, which triggered the "fight" against Laraque. Still, there's no doubt BGL can whoop "The Don's" ass and will do so in the future.

Capitals fans (and their team) are so pathetic it's amazing living amonst them. I can't wait until Ovechkin (already frustrated) demands a trade,

So many douches, so few characters in your message without looking like a freak.

I was trying to think back to when I first started going to Pens games, but you guys are probably too young to remember, so now I'm trying to think of more current ones. And you have to consider coaches, gm's, etc too I guess. And commentators. Ugh.Here goes: Brett Hull, Ray Ferrarro, Tom Barrasso, Ed Belfour, Derian Hatcher, Wayne the Stain Gretzky, Tie Domi, Todd Bertuzzi, Mike Keenan, ESPN, VS, Toronto War Room, Claude Lemieux, Claude Lemieux, Claude Lemieux, The NHLPA lead guy that screwed the players in the collective bargaining deal. I guess I'll stop there.

the weird thing about adam graves is that apparently off the ice he's an extremely solid person. hes won awards for charity work and other community service projects... but that doesnt change the past, and in my book, he'll always be a douche

On the pregame show for the steelers game, Pomp was talking about "Position Battles" and said (exact quote) "one of those in the running for the Running Back positions is the Steelers leading rusher in the preseason...Gary Roberts"

First, of course GR knows about the whole GR thing. He is all-knowing. For even wondering that, your are doomed.

Second, the specific insult from the WC is old news.

Third, Tiff, that is no photoshop with Steely McBeam. That is an actual baby-terrifying (terrification?) in progress. It's from the PG today. Rumor is the baby was for the North Shore slots casino and the Rooneys sent McBeam to deal with it. Dicks.

Melvin, you can call Tom Barrasso a douche if you want but whatever he's like in person, he was fucking clutch on the ice and Pittsburgh has two rings to prove it... though, I suppose, the argument could be made that he's the reason they don't have four (93 & 96.)

I'll just let your words make my argument, though:

if you're one of the greatest players in franchise history you don't get a vote

Name anyone Pittsburgh put between the pipes that's as good as Barrasso was.

"though, I suppose, the argument could be made that he's the reason they don't have four (93 & 96.)"

Yes, that argument could be made. And lost.

Barrasso was a dick the last half of his time here, off the ice. But he was an elite goaltender on the ice. Yeah, he wasn't very accomodating towards young goalies coming up (see P. Lalime), but by all other accounts, he was at least in the lockerroom.

The points and assists by a goaltender don't do much for me. That's an inconsequential record for goaltenders. However, it is indicative of the bigger point: He was an awesome puck handler. And a few of those assists came on very important goals.

Barrasso was money. Yes, he let in some bad goals, some in key situations, over the course of his time here. No dispute.

But he remains a key, maybe THE key, component of their Cup teams and, IMO, the greatest goalie in franchise history.

modeling the new Isles' jersey and searching the horizon for his career.

6. Brad Ference - last seen getting his ass beat by Mario.

5. Bryan McCabe - whines so much on the ice, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't Bryan Murray out there on skates.

4. Claude Lemieux - goes without saying. No one did a better job of blatantly violating rules and then looking around like he couldn't believe the refs called him for a penalty. And on top of that, he turtled when he was confronted in the revenge game and forced his teammates to fight his battles for him.

3. Jason Blake - couldn't BELIEVE he was still on the board.

2. Sean Avery - let's face it. If Avery hadn't landed with the Kings and started dating Elisha Cuthbert, no one in the NHL would know who he was, just like when he played in Detroit. And when you think and act like you're a lot better than you actually are and your present team says so in your arbitration hearings, you're a douche.

1. Eric Lindros - Look, concussions are no laughing matter and Eric the Underachieving has had so many, he's lucky he's not eating his lunches through a straw. But for all the hype and all the promise and all the talent...it just leaves you wondering what could've been if he and his father hadn't been such a douche from Day One (and ask the Soo Greyhounds if there was precedent for the stunt he pulled with the Nords). As a Pens fan, I'm glad we never saw it.

But hey, Colorado thanks you for that Cup.

I'd also like to extend a pre-emptive Douchebaggery award to Flyer-in-training Steve Downie. If anyone has seen this clown play in the OHL, we're in for a treat. He makes Sean Avery look like Ron Francis.

Stoosh says: "I'd also like to extend a pre-emptive Douchebaggery award to Flyer-in-training Steve Downie. If anyone has seen this clown play in the OHL, we're in for a treat. He makes Sean Avery look like Ron Francis."

LOL, nice. I don't know much about Downie, but what makes level of douchebaggery that much higher than Avery's? He wasn't the one who made the comment about taking Cros out, was he?